Flint knife
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
FindspotMesaid, Egypt
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueFlint
DimensionsLength x Width: 4.3 x 17.7 cm (1 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number11.782
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed) tomb 155, no. 6 [M/155/6]. 1910: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911.)
3650–3300 B.C.
Naqada II, 3650–3300 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
2960–2770 B.C.
2960–2649 B.C.
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.